Machine for winding bandages



(No Model.)

N. B. WALDRON. MACHINE FOR WINDING BANDAGBS.

No. 537,507. Patented Apr. 16, 1895.

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MACHINE FOR WINDING BANDAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 537,507, dated April16, 1895.

Application filed June 23, 1894:. Serial No. 515,474. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NELsoN B. WALDRON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Auburn, in the county of Androscoggin and State ofMaine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines forWindin g Bandages; and I hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention consists of a machine or device for Winding tubularbandages such as are used by veterinary surgeons and others forbandaging horses legs. These bandages are made of knit fabric and whenthey are applied the tendency is to draw them out lengthwise and tocontract them laterally. After they have been used a number of timesthey become thick and stifi besidesbeingmuch narrower than when new.

The object of my invention is to provide a machine for expanding thesebandages laterally particularly after they have been used and drawn outand it consists of a form or spreader over one end of which the bandageis drawn and expanded, combined with a spindle on which the bandage isrolled from the spreader.

As I prefer to make the machine, the spreader is secured by one end to aframe which is adapted to be pivoted to the wall and to be turned upagainst the same and the spindle is pivoted to the same frame oppositethe end of the spreader.

In the accompanying drawing I illustrate a bandage Winding machine whichis Well adapted to carry out the invention although I do not desire tobe understood as limiting myself to the form here shown.

The spreader A as here shown consists of a wire bent into a U-shape andhaving its ends secured to the sides of a frame B. The spreader is ofthe width desired for the bandage and it is sufficiently long to allowan ordinarybandage to be drawn on over its free end. Opposite the freeend of the spreader A is journaled the spindle D on which the bandage iswound. The spindle is journaled as here shown in bearings d in such away as to bereadily removable. The spindle is preferably bifurcated asshown so that the end of the bandage can be readily slipped between thetwo arms when the roll is to be started. The frame is shown as beingpivoted to lugs 11 which are adapted to be secured to the side of thewall and a pin 0 is inserted in one or both of the lugs by which theframe is supported in a horizontal position while being capable of beingturned up against the Wall.

In operating the machine the bandage is drawn on over the free end ofthe spreader, its end connected with the spindle and it is 'then woundthereon into a tight roll, the

bandage retaining substantially the same width which was given it bythe. spreader.

The spreading of the bandage by the use of this device besides making itwider, loosens up and softens the fabric so that it is much bettersuited for its purpose.

I have here described the spreader as constructed of bent wire but it isevidentthat it could-be made of other material. It is only essentialthat it shall be of sufficient width to properly stretch the bandage andthat it shall be of sufficient length to receive the bandage to berolled.

I claim- The herein described device for winding and stretching tubularbandages consisting of a pair of lugs adaptedto be fastened against theWall,.a U-shaped frame having its ends pivoted to said lugs, stops forholding said frame in a horizontal position, a U-shaped form secured byits ends to said frame near said lugs, and a bifurcated spindleremovably journaled to said frame near its free end.

NELSON B. WALDRON.

In presence of- HENRY W. CAKES, A. S. WHITMAN.

